La Grande evening observer., June 29, 1914, Image 1

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VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, . MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1914. ,
NUMBER 13.
MOBS SACK SERVIAN SHOPS
AND BLOODSHED
ASSASSINATION OF FERDINAND
Blow May Kill Aged Emperor of Austria-Police,
Unable to Control Mobs
SWEATING GIN STUDENTjND PRINTER III PRISON
Austrians Fear'JThat Servians Have Deep-Rooted
Plot to Kill and Slay
Serajevo, June 29. As a sequal to
Sunday's assassination of Arch Duke
Francis Ferdinan, mobs have begun
rioting. The people are charged with
an extensive plot against the arch
duke and the Austrians generally.
The mobs have sacked scores of Ser
vian shops and are reported to have
killed several Servian residents. It
is feared that there will be a general
slaughter when the bodies of the mur
dered man and his wife are removed
from the army hospital for shipment
to Vienna.
The crowdfs fury is increasing and
in several encounters with the police
and troops the rioters had the better
of the fighting. An official account
of the Archduke's last words was:
""Sophie you must live for our chil
dren." Dr. Dynes the commander at
the army hospital has embalmed the
bodies and arrangements have been
made to ship them to Vienna this
evening.
Emperior Very 111.
Vienna, June 29. Emperor Fran
cis Joseph's death from the shock of
his heirs assination is feared. The
aged ruler . seemed dazed Sunday
when he was told that the Archduke
Francis Ferdlinan, his nephew and
next in line for the Austrian throne,
had been slain with his wife in the
streets of Serajevo in Bosnia pro
vince. The weather is intensely hot
and it is feared that this will add to
his collapse. Serajevo is under mar
tial law and scores have been arrest '
ed. Cabrinovitch the newspaper com
positor who tried and failed to kill
the archduke and wife with a bomb
and Gavrio Pynzih a nineteen year
old student who made a successful
attempt with a pistol are being strict
ly examined as to whether they have
had accompliances. Both have die-
PLAINTIFF GETS
JURY OUT FIVE HOURS IN
REACHING DECISION.
Fifteen Thousand Dollar Damage
Suit Settled by Jury.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rider was given a
verdict of $250 late this afternoon
when the jury which heard her dam
age suit for $15,000 agreed on a ver
dict The case went to the jury at
11 o'clock and by 3 o'clock a decision
had been reached.
The complaint was instigated! by
a fall on an alleged defective side
walk whereby Mrs. Rider claimed
serious injuries.
Two more cases remained to be dis
posed of before an extended recess
if taken. State vs. Dan McKenzie,
charged with' burglary from stores at
Inibler" and Cove, is the next case for
consideration in circuit court.
Bridal Tour Successful.
News from Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Reynolds was received yesterday to
the effect that they and car had reach
ed Hcppner Friday evening and after
partaking of a sumptous dinner pre
pared by friends they left for Fos
sil, .Oregon.
$250.00 VERDICT
FOLLOWS THE
Emperor's Subjects
,Jiied it but the authorities suspect
that the assassination is the result
of a widespread Servian plot
Austrians Loot City.
Troops occupied strategic points
this afternoon after the drum and
trumpet had given the warning for
the clearing of the streets. It is un
derstood that the activity is due less
to the anti-Servian rioting than the
exploding of the bomb, supposedly by
Servians in the center of the city. The,
explosion injured several. . Carrying
the emperor's portrait,' hundreds of
Austrains paraded the pity looting the
Servian stores and residences. More
than twenty Servians were badly
beaten. .
FLORA MAN INJURED.
High Power Automatic Rifle Pumps
.Four; Shots at Walter Catron.
Wallowa, June 27. With a high
power automatic rifle fouled on the
horn of his saddle, and the weight
of the gun pulling the trigger until
four shots had been fired at him, two
taking effect, was the experience of
Walter Catron, Tuesday evening about
7 o'clock. The accident occurred in
Joseph Creek Canon," and Catron, who
ia a young man of 24 years, was at
tempting to fasten the rifle onto the
saddle horn. He was standing on the
ground, the muzzle of the gun point
ed downward, andl the two shots tak
ing effect, struck him in the legs.
One shot entered his right leg near
the front pocket,: the next shot enter
ing the other leg ab ut half way be
tween the knee and the hip. Fortu-
Jnately the bullets did not strike any
nones, ana uatron, wno was alone,
climbed on his horse and started to
Flora to a doctor. But he became
weak from the loss of blood, and had
several gates to open, necessitating
his getting off the horse. About thir
ty minutes after the shooting, and
while trying to mount his horse after
opening a gate, Warren McWillett
saw him from a distance, and knew by
his actions that something was wrong
He investigated, and finding how bad
ly Catron was hurt, assisted him to
the doctor.
Twenty or More Injured.
Milwaukee, June 29. Twenty-two
laborers were injured and several,
probably fatally mjuredl .today in an,
explosion in a tunnel 2000 feet outv
and 100 feet below the surface of
Lake Michigan. The cause of the ex
plosion is unknown.
Washington, June 29, Courtmar
tial and perhaps dismissal from the
service may result from the recent
speech of Brigadier General Evans,
acting head of the Eastern Division
of the army, if he is correctly quo
ted. According to the accounts that
have reached the President, Evans has
criticized the administration, ridiculed
the Monroe doctrine and declared that
America had become meddlesome.
GENERAL EVANS
ON COUBIIRTIAL
TWO POSES OF JACK JO
PARIS SATURDAY
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FORK BREAKS.
TRACY HOLLISTER SUFFERS
SCALP WOUNDS.
Motorcycle Throws Him Into Pit of
Gravel Near Elgin. 1
Tracy Hollister "went in the ditch"
at Elgin yesteraay when his motor
cycle snapped a fork and threw the
rider into a pile of gravel. One ear
was badly lacerated and torn andl his
scalp scraped somewhat He was
able however to ride his machine back
to La Grande after broken parts had
been repaired, and he had been givan
medical treatment!
Mr. Hollister, vice champion now
and last year's king of road r
riders was drilling for the race from,
Elgin to La Grande the latter part of
this week, and had reached the out
skirts of Elgin before the accident
happened It was reported that he
was very seriously hurt, but news to
day from Mr. Hollister is to the ef
fect that he will be ut soon and
probably able to ride in the Elgin
road race.
Brother Killed by Lightning.
Albert Smith, a local contractor,
left yesterday for Spokane where he
was called by a telegram stating his
brother had been killed by lightning
WILL BE PUT
The President admitted that he had
asked the secretary of war whether
the reports were correct
The President also announced in his
regular Monday interview with news
papermen that he would not send the
federal troops to Montana unless
there was further trouble as he be
lieves that the' situation is now un
der cuntrol.
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JINSON WHO WON BATTLE WITH MORAN IN
KIGHT ON A DECISION AFTER 20 ROUNDS.
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Ohio Town Has
Municipal Bee
AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAIN
MENT DONE BY CITY.
RESORT RATING RAISED
Municipal Balh, Meal Rooms, Ball
Team, Hotel Etc., on Program.
Conneaut, O., June 29. The litjro
city of Conneaut with only 9,000 in
habitants and lying forty miles east
of Cleveland on Lake Erie has "out
municipaled" municipal summer resort
ir. the country, ..' j.j,m.' ;T"1S!!'H':
Every night hundreds of men and!
women leave the wharves aiidl glass
factories to enjoy a municipal swim
at the municipal beach, to eat a mu
nicipal meal or. to sleep in a muni
cipal bed at the municipal hotel. If
they wish they can dance at the mu
nicipal dance hall or ride in the iru
nicipal roller coaster, and Sunday
they can see a baseball game played
by municipal teams- For twelve
years Conneaut saw its resort which
had been purchased at a cost of $12,
000, mismanaged and run down by
private individuals to whom it had
been leased. Last fall D. W. Brace
was elected mayor and S. W. Mahaf
fey director of public service on a
Socialist ticket Brace had! been a
railroad conductor and Mahaffcy a
day laborer. The first thing Brace
and Mahaffey did was to clean up the
park so that it might become a real
place of rest for people of small
means. That they succeeded was
shown in the first warm days of June
when people had to be turned away
fcr lack' of room. Enlargement of the
resort is planned for next year.
CLIMATIC STATISTICS.
(Readings taken from Government
instruments by Observer Benham, and
cover the 24 hours ending at 12:30
p m. today.
Maximum 84; minimum 43.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE AGENT
IN PORTLAND.
Want No Adjustment of Freight
Rates That Would Injure West.
Portland, June 29. Manufacturers
of fir doors and window sash of the
Northwest are resisting the efforts
of Eastern manufacturers to make up
iii readjustment of freight rates for
depletion of home supplies of raw lum
ber, before Commissioner Pough, of
the interstate commerce commission
who took testimony her today in be
half of Intervening interests In Ore
gon and Washington. E. G. Donald
son, traffic manager of the West
Coast Lumber Manufacturers' asso
elation presented facts and figures
to show the present rates should be
sustained!; that the increase in rates
on finished products would be unjust
discrimination against a locality still
rich in raw material and against lo
calities that have no longer any such
resources.
REAR ADMIRAL LEAVING.
Within the Week P. A. Foley
Attend the Regatta.
Will
During the present week P. A. Fo
ley of this city will go to Astoria to
attendl the annual regatta, tie is a
vice admiral under Phil Metchan of
the Imperial Hotel at Portland, and
after the regatta the admiral's staff
is going to Seaside for a day. On
his return to La Grande Mr. Foley
will prepare for his trip to Milwau
kee, Wisconsin, where he goes as a
delegate -to the grand lodge of Moose,
convening on the 27th of July.
Salem Educator Meets Friends.
Prof. J. T. Mathews, of Salem, who
delivered an address before the Ep
worth League convention at the Meth
odist church last evening, is an old
land mark at Willamette University,
having been professor of mathematics
at that institution for the past twenty-one
years. He is held in effec
t'l.nate remembrance by hundreds gf
cid "grads" rs a faith'ful and effi
cient lnstmr.tar.
DELEGATES TO
CONVENTION III
SESSION AT 6:30
DEVOTIONAL SERVICES WELL
ATTENDED AT EARLY HOUB
THIS MORNING.
AUTO RIDE ENDS DAY
OF STRENUOUS WORK
t
Business Takes up This Afternooa
Followed by Auto Ride and That
in Turn by Dinner at Riverside
Park Services Yesterday Well At
tended and of Deep Interest.
With a program that commenced at
1 6:30 this morning, and culminating in
an automobile ride commencing at
4:30 and a park dinner at Riverside .
at 6 o'clock, the 80 delegates to the
annual district convention of the Ep-
worth League had a strenuous see-
sion of it today. The business part of
the convention took up just before 3
o'clock today and as soon as it is fin-
ished some 15 or, 20 automobiles will
take the delegates, for a ride over the .
valley ending up at Riverside Park.
Local leaguers are entertaining the
delegates with rooms in their homes
and lunch and dinners.
'J af tevhooiVa program today was '
carried out as announced with the
exception of Rev. James who is ab
sent and Dr. E. B. Fyke has his place
on the program.
Saturday evening the first session
was held in the nature of a "hello"
gathering. Sunday morning Rev. C.
A. Edwards of the Methodist church
at Baker, spoke eloquently at the
Methodist church upon "power" and
the need of convincing the younger .
generations of their duties ; along
Christian lines of endeavor,
Special music was rendered both
morning and evening.
In the afternoon the junior league
was held! and at 4 o'clock, vesper ser
vices were conducted, consisting of
singing and devotion reading.
League Session Interests. - .
Last evening the La Grande chap
ter conducted Epworth league ser-
vicesi W. C. Wicklin was the leader
and w. C. Wattenburg presided. A
big delegation was out and a rousing-
service was held.
Prof. Matthews of Willamette Uni
versity was the chief speaker last
evening and it was a stirring address.
He spoke on the need of education of "
the highest sort for those who enter
the foreign mission fields.. In the 24
years that the Christian Students' or
ganization has been in existence, 6000
educated men and women have been
sent to the mission fields he said.
Morning Serve at 6:30.
The convention set a mark for early
rising by turning out in big numbers
to attend devotional services' this
morning at 6:30. At 8:30 the depart
mental work was taken up. THe lead
ers in these four departments this
morning were: Spiritual, Reba Wil
liamson, Island City, leader; World
Wide Evangelism, Fannie McKennon
of Union; Social Service, Ed) Jasper
of Alicel; Recreation- and Culture,
Fay Faulds of Baker. Those depart
mental studies were very interesting
andl well attended. Questions intend
ed to bring out the be3t discussion
were read to each department.
The appointment cf committees was
made Saturday evening by President
Lindbeck and these are to report at
the business session late this after
noon. These committees are:
Credentials Clarence Carpenter,
Joseph; Chas. Bradley, Summerville;
Alfred Christiensen, La Grande.
Resolutions Nelson Hansen, El
gin; Agnes Ellis, Vale; Marvel Cleav
er, Imbler; Lilitia Thompson, Union,
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